news for today. >> we'll be back in 25 minutes with a local news update. >> have a great day. good morning. deadly attacks. syrian forces reportedly kill at least 200 people and wound hundreds of others in what appears to be the bloodiest day of a nearly 11-month-old uprising. >> rocky mountain whiteout. it pounded colorado with up to 6 feet of snow, forcing the cancellation of more than 600 flights in denver. we'll have the latest on where this winter storm is heading. and countdown to the super bowl. all eyes on indianapolis and the highly anticipated rematch of eli manner and tom brady with one day to go before the game from indianapolis. today saturday, february 4,

2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a saturday morning. i'm lester holt. >> and i'm amy robach. and i think the indianapolis crowd might have our crowd beaten. >> nice crowd out there. rain and snow. unfortunately the game will be played inside a dome stadium, but what a nice crowd out there. i'm excited about the game. >> i'm excited for you, lester, about the game. >> which means you're not excited. >> i didn't say that. >> jenna wolfe is excited about the game. she's outside the super bowl. >> reporter: giants fans,

patriots fans, and about 30 million indianapolis colts fans all prepping for tomorrow's big showdown. a lot of preparation needed. there'll be 111 million viewers expected to tune in to this game. i spent the week here making the rounds and, of course, making a few friends in the process. but i caught up with former super bowl champ drew brees. we discussed the eli manning/tom brady rivalry. i caught up with hoosier hospitality which is a wonderful way indianapolis has rolled out the welcome mat for 150,000 visitors. we also sat down with a few nl wives to get an interesting take on how the game impacts players from the women who know them best, their wives. and most importantly guys, this is really serious here, i brought you guys back some gifts. don't say i never have. >> are you going to show them to us at some point? >> reporter: no. i'm probably just going to keep them. >> i have gifts but i've got

nothing in my hands for your you right now. >> all right. thanks, jenna. we'll be waiting. it's also a big day for politics. voters in nevada choose their republican candidate for president. it's the first contest in the west but in what could be a repeat of florida, mitt romney is leading in the polls. and a role toward recovery. we're going to talk about model lauren scruggs after her accident where she walked into a propeller. we want to begin this morning with deadly violence in syria. syrian forces reportedly unleashed a ba ralk of mortars and artillery overnight. at least 200 people are dead according to activists there in what appears to be the bloodiest episode in a nearly 11-month-old uprising. ahmeama aymon is with us this morning. >> reporter: good morning. thousands of people are on the streets mourning as we speak.

they're describing the horrors of what they saw. because journalists can't get into syria. we have foot average. we have to caution our viewers. some of the images are disturbing. it is being described as a massacre, the deadliest day in syria's 11-monday uprising against the rule of the president. activists say this amateur footage which has not been independently verified shows the aftermath of a barrage of mortar shells falling on searerian homes. hundreds were killed, more injured in the overnight attack. that number is expected to rise. it is not clear what triggered this sudden escalation and violence but they've seen some of the most intense fighting between syrian government forces and defectors known as the army. on saturday they reportedly carried out attacks on pro-military mission that may

have started the onslaught. the violence, they say, was caused by terrorist gangs. protesters outside the country demonstrated at syrian embassies in egypt. lester later today all eyes will shift to new york where a rare u.n. meeting is set to debate and whether they can pass that or not. back to you. >> thanks very much. here's amy. >> thanks. now to weather. the mid country is waking up to several inches of snow. the weather channel's mike seidel is in snowy denver, colorado. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, amy. this is one for the record books. the average snowfall is only 6 inches. look at this on the patio in downtown denver. knee-deep snow. and i think there's something under here. yes. there's a planter of some stuff that's not growing right now.

to take you back to yesterday, 14 inches of snow in denver, and that is a record for the calendar day. the snowiest day. we missed tieing the record for the entire month by 0.2 of an inch. it was snowing and blowing yesterday. 1.2 to 1.3 inches an hour. some areas have had over 4 feet of snow, and because of the snow and wind, parts of i-70 is still closed this morning. so if you're trying to get from western kansas to denver, you're out of luck until they get that road reopened. the airport is wide open, and they'll be playing catch-up once again, amy, as the snow wraps up here today in the mile high city. but a big storm by winter standards. >> love those pictures. mike seidel, thanks so much. >> where is the storm heading next? bill karins is here. good morning. >> good morning. this typically goes from the west to the east. everybody in the east is wondering when is the snow coming our way. it's not. it's going to be rain. it's too warm in many areas of the country, the exception being

nebraska. it's cold enough that we're getting significant snowfall from lincoln to omaha and eventually des moines where we could pick up 6 inches. that's what's left of our winter storm warning. traveling in missouri or illinois, you may see snowflakes, but they're not heading your way. they're not heading to the east coast either. it's going be a rain forecast. overnight we also saw some really bad flooding. college station, one of the dorms at texas a&m, one of the dorms flooded. the rain is headed for houston and all areas of louisiana. from here on out it's mostly going to be a rain forecast for the weekend heading to the east. as you just saw, some of it affecting the super bowl on sunday. back to you. >> we'll get the rest of your national forecast in a bit, but for now here is amy. >> thank you, lester. there's good news on the economic front and jobs report. the unemployment rate is at 8.3%. that's the lowest level in three

years. steve liesman is cnbc's economic reporter and he has a closer look at the jobs. good morning. >> thanks for having me back on a day with good news. sitting in this chair time after time delivering bad news. >> it's true, it's true. 8.3%, that's down from 8 p.5% lt month. how sig cannificant is that? >> we've been slowly coming down, 0.2, 0.2 three in a relike that. that tells us it's a real number. >> what do we want this number to be? >> depends what you're wishing if. if you want everybody employed -- i know president obama is hoping for this to be somewhere in the 7% range. it was 7 president 12% in 1984 when ronald reagan was elected, among the highest. it's really a trend for political purposes. for a normal economy, we'd be

between 5% and 6%. >> let's talk about the job growth. 243,000 jobs created in the month of january. how strong is this number and in what areas are we seeing the growth? >> i want you to look at the chart which shows it's gradually been stepping up. these things have momentum like a football team, hopefully the new york giants the way they step up in sort of a momentum kind of way. 257,000 was the private sector. the government, by the way, continues to contract, especially as you know on the state and local level. and what was good about this report, what cheered economists, is it was broad-based. you had gains in manufacturing, even construction. gains in the service sector, 176,000. and there's the unemployment rate. you can see what a more normal rate was before the recession hit in 2008, back below 5%. then it ratcheted up toward ten. it's been gradually going down. >> do you want to say go giants before you leave? >> i want to say go giants but

go economy because it's good for people to be back to work. >> a couple of reasons to celebrate. now here's lester. voters in neve hoping to unseat president obama in the fall. mitt romney is looking to make it two victories in a row after taking florida earlier in the week, but ron paul could make a strong showing as well. nbc's ron mott is in las vegas with the latest on today's contest. ron, good morning. >> reporter: hey, lester, good morning to you. voters will fan out to caucus sites around this state later this morning one day after getting good news on the nation's employment front and at least two gop presidential candidates try to turn that to their advantage. with the nation's worst u unemployme unemployment, nevada would seem the best place in the country to celebrate friday's dip in the national jobless rate. down 0.2%. instead mitt romney attacked the white house at a round table in

nevada. >> i believe the economy will come back. it always does. it has taken a lot longer than it should have to come back in part because the policies of this administration have not been helpful. they, in fact, have been harmful, and for that the president deserves the blame that he'll receive in this campaign. >> reporter: romney's chief opponent, former house speaker newt gingrich also placed blame with the president saying in a statement anemic growth is not growth. i believe the economy will begin to recover the day barack obama is voted out of office. gingrich linked romney and obama on health care and food stamps as a las vegas rally and sought to gain more mileage out of mitt romney's comments about the poor. >> my goal, the exact opposite of governor romney. my goal is not to ignore or forget the poor. my goal is to turf the safety net into a trampoline to allow the poor to rise and be like the rest of us and have a job and buy a house. >> reporter: rick santorum courted votes elsewhere in

missouri which holds its primary on tuesday with a notable omission on the ballot. >> we have an opportunity in missouri to see lou a one-on-one contest between mitt romney and rick santorum would work out. i encourage each and every one of you to take a good look at the candidates. >> reporter: ron paul told his backers in nevada to show the country on saturday. >> it looks like a lot of energy and i always like to come to nevada because there's a lot of people out here that still believe in liberty. that's what i like. >> reporter: there's not a lot of rest ahead for these road-weary candidates and their campaign, save for perhaps a few hours for tomorrow's super bowl. there are four states that will vote between now and next saturday, maine, missouri, minnesota, and colorado. lester? >> all right. ron mott. thanks very much. chuck todd is nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent. chuck, good morning. great to see you. is nevada mitt romney's to lose?

>> its is. he won it four years ago at a time he was in a bad place. so here he is actually the front-runner. he wasn't a front-runner four years ago. this time he -- he won big last time. he may win bigger this time. >> strong vote. 25% of mormon -- i'm sorry. let me get the figure right. it was -- >> by a quarter of a vote. >> a quarter of the vote, i'm sorry, were mormons last time, expected to be the same this time. >> they voted for him 95% to 5%. what does that mean to translate? half of mitt romney's vote was mormon. so he could get that down to 80. he could win it just with the mormon vote. he doesn't need any other support. >> thanks for jumping in. we've talked about this before, how the calendar really favors romney. this is going to be a good stretch for him potentially, right? >> it is because -- mostly

because newt gingrich is just not organized in the rest of these february states. he doesn't have much of an organization in nevada. he has the danger of finishing behind ron paul in nevada if he's not careful because ron paul is organized. then you have another state where paul is organized. santorum could very well. there's a strong religious conservative vote where he could do well. also a strong mormon population. mitt romney could have another advantage. he has the potential to suddenly go 0 for the next five in the next five days, and the states that mitt romney could be winning, you know, yes, they're caucuses, yes, one of them's a beauty contest, but it's certainly going to sound good to the republican establishment. he could say colorado, minnesota, missouri, they all sound like swing states, lester. >> i don't think anybody wants to pour water on dropping unemployment numbers, but it's got to complicate the republican message here and change the

narrative. how much is this potentially going to set the republican candidates off message? >> well, you heard, you know, mitt romney yesterday. he's blaming the president for saying the growth needed to be faster. when that's the best you can do, that's a tough place to be. i think that, you know, mitt romney already is struggling on the message front a little bit on the economy. you know, one of the reasons why i think the tea party base and some of the conservative base is not ready to rally around him, they're not impressed with his economic plan. the editorial board of "the wall street journal" thinks it's not bold enough. he needs to come out with something different. he feels the pressure on the right. now with what appears to be a recovery economy, he's going to have to start broadening out some of his critiques of the president. and remember the whole point of his candidacy has been the economy. it would be tough on mitt romney than any other candidate. >> thanks for talking with us this morning. thanks very much. >> you got it.

let's get a check on the rest of the morning's stories with jeff rossen who's at the news desk. >> good morning, everyone. we're going to begin with the growing tension between israel and iran and talk about the military action. richard engel live in tel aviv. richard, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. we are seeing more warnings today from iran not to carry out that military action. today it was a show of force. iran's powerful revolution air guar guard began military exercises in southern i rehab. on friday the supreme leader issued an even more stern warning saying that his government would remove the zionous entity, the zionous regime like a cancerous tumor and said the united states would pay tenfold for any military around around the nuclear program, whether it was carried out by israel or the united

states. united states believes the best way to contain the nuclear program is through sanctions, not a military strike. jeff? >> richard engel in tel aviv. thanks. two american tourists have been freed hours after they were kidnapped at gunpoint in egypt. bed oh win gunmen took the women's money and valuables and then abducted them. officials are not saying how they secured their release. thousands of people taking to the streets demending the end of flat mir putin's rule. nbc's jim me ceda is in moscow with the latest. >> reporter: tens of thousands oppose the ruling of putin's reign. they're demanding free and fair elections, both a rerun of parliamentary elections back in december seen as tainted by fraud as well as a transparent presidential election a month from now. now this rally behind me, very close to the kremlin has one

main message and that is not a single vote be cast for putin. protest organizers hope that putin's tumbling ratings and their rising anger over not having any voice politically will push the presidential election into an unpredictable second round uncharted territory for putin who has always won big here in the past. now, the problem for these protesters, of course, is keeping the momentum going. but despite this russian winter, this is going to be seen as a very strong turnout indeed. jeff, back to you. >> thanks so mump. after facing a major public and political backlash, the susan g. komen foundation has done a complete 180 and will continue giving to planned parenthood. the face of pink turned bright red after it cut funding of breast cancer screenings at planned parenthood, which also provides abortion and birth control services. and finally china is streaming live video of its

pandas around the world on what else, a web can, to boost awareness of conservation efforts. pandas are considered a national treasure there but they're threatened by logging and agriculture. >> i like that. was that a violin? taking over the land they need and the food they eat. i'm relaxed. are you? 19 minutes past the hour, back to you. >> where's my spa treatment. >> this is fun to watch. all right. bill karins is back with a collect of the weather for us. >> it looks like we saw where winter was, didn't we, in russia. a lot of people in the lower 48 are wondering, are we the only ones? yes, we are. a lot of other areas have been considerably cold. consider ourselves lucky. that was snow in colorado heading east. rain for you in the ohio valley and the deep south. the west coast, you by far the far the best weather around the nation this weekend. congratulations. that's a look at your national forecast. now, a look outside your window. a good saturday morning to you. i'm meteorologist chuck bell.

we have a cloudy sky first thing on your saturday morning. temperatures generally in the 30s. 38 in washington, 37 degrees in fairfax, 28 degrees in manassas, 31 in hagerstown. on storm 4 doppler, nothing going on just yet but rain and snow in the for >> that's a look at your weekend forecast. amy and lester? >> all right, bill. thank you. indianapolis is getting ready for football in a big way. >> jenna is there as the patriots and giants and thousands of fans are preparing for tomorrow's showdown. hi, jenna. >> hi, guys. eli manning and tom brady are a little busy right now, otherwise i'm sure they would be joining this superb crowd behind me. i did find someone who knows bothet of those quarterbacks quite well. someone who's been in their cleats. that's drew brees.

he led the saints to a super bowl victory two years ago you might recall. i talked to him about his quarterback buddies and the to talk about a bad romance. >> a little bit of rooivry going between the two quarterbacks. there has to be a little more. talk to me about eli and tom. >> you know, i feel like the patriots have this aura about them. i mean they're one of the winningest franchises over the last decade, tom brady, bill belichick. all those guys around them. but i would say the giants are not intimidated by these guys. >> reporter: they weren't last time. >> they beat them in super bowl lxii and in foxborough. i feel like there's a team that can beat, you know, these p pattriots, they're here. >> tell us why else you're here. >> i'm an ambassador and with

kinect's program to encourage kids to live a healthy and active lifestyle. >> reporter: i've never danced with drew brees before, but it's kind of hot. i'm a terrible dancer. >> did i just get destroyed? >> reporter: somebody had better stick to their day job. >> i'm sorry, my team and all that i embarrassed with that performance, my family, my wife, my two boys. i'll do better for you next time. i'm sorry. >> reporter: in an absolute unprecedented event i was able today to tell somebody else not to quit their day job. drew brees was a total trooper hanging out with us, dancing. one of us danced a little better than the other one. he's actually going to enjoy it this year. he finally gets to fw a fan and watch the game and not have the pressures of playing in it. he was wonderful and we had a great time. amy and lester? >> he was a great sport, i love that. >> great sport but he needs to

work on the moves. >> don't we all. >> don't we all, touche. >> let's play it again. oh, yeah, shake that booty. coming up, our super bowl preview continues. we're going to look at the best super bowl commercials of all time.

still to come on "today," a former model injured in a plane makes another big step in her recovery. we'll get the latest on lauren scruggs. but first these messages.

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how will our weekend weather affect you if you're driving to a super bowl party. to chuck bell. >> hi. we have chances for rain and a little bit of snow this weekend. nothing much in terms of accumulations. by the time you head out to your super bowl parties tomorrow afternoon, the weather will be improving. right now, a cold and cloudy start. temperatures around mid-town and near 40 alongside the bay. you can see on live storm 4 radar, not a lot going on just yet but plenty of moisture yet as moisture and cold sneaks in, a chance for rain developing this afternoon.

tod today's highs mid-40s to 50s and we could get snow in northern virginia and panhandle we're back on this saturday morning, february 4, 2012. new york city as folks o outside of the plaza wave a big hello to their friends and family back home. there's another crowd in indianapolis, and this one is quite large and loud. look at them, in the rain and everything, gearing up for super bowl xlvi tomorrow. we want to thank everybody out for coming out to spend part of their saturday morning with us. of course, our super bowl coverage continue this jenna hn indianapolis. it's a cold rain but it's not dampening anything, is it? >> reporter: it's been gorgeous every single week except for

7:00 a.m., i kid you not. this is the first batch of rain we've had. i love saying this. you know when you go out on a date with someone and they say how was it, you say, that was nice, that's usually a bad thing. here, it's amazing. it's called hoosier hospitality. they're some of the nicest people we ever meat. kate has brought 97,000 of her extended family here and all of these guys came out in the rain to hang out with us. this is called hoosier hospitality. it's been absolute bliss. everyone's been so great and so kind. coming up we're going to talk about this concept of how nice everyone is. come on. let me hear how nice you are. right on cue, you guys. >> apparently new yorkers aren't that nice. wow. who knew. >> you know where we live and sometimes new york has a bad

reputation even though they're wonderful. this city trumps many cities i've been to. these guys are some of the nicest. >> coming up in the next half hour we'll goir going to be talking about the best sboult ads of all times. from the talking e-trade babies to betty white and snickers, we're going to look at what makes these ads fan favorites for years after they air. >> you've got to go back 30 years for my favorite, but we'll show that to you. plus, speaking of fan favorites in the 1970s, "three's company" was the top show. the stars have made up after a 30-year feud. we'll bring you their emotional reunion coming up. plus a guilty plea from a florida man. he pleaded guilty to killing a 7-year-old. her body was found in a georgia landfill. he learned his punishment while getting an earful from summer's family. ing.

>> on his day in court gerald harold was called a monster by the victim's family as he pleaded guilty to kidnapping, raping and murdering summer tomas in 2009. >> do you admit you touched her in her private areas and strangled her to death? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: thompson disappeared on her way home. two days later her body was found in a nearby landfill in georgia. after a month-long investigation, detectives arrested him who had lived near the thompson home. in a deal to avoid the death penalty. he pleaded guilty to molesting another young girl and possessing pornography. his sentence, life in prison without parole. one by won summer tom's family spoke directly to him about how he destroyed a precious life. >> how could you kill a defenseness little 7-year-old girl that only loved everybody.

>> reporter: his aunt said he traumatized her family. >> i can't letmy children live care-free lie others for fear of people like yourself. >> your name is not gerald harrell, your name is monster. >> reporter: some glared am him from the witness stand and demanded that he look at him, which he would not do. >> and now you're going to jail. >> reporter: last was diena thompson, summer's mother. >> you took her dignity, her virginity, and then you took her life. after all that, you then treated my child like trash. >> reporter: as for why there was a plea deal rather than a trial seeking the death penalty, authorities said they wanted to end the case. >> we made sure today he'll never, ever have another opportunity to hurt another child. >> reporter: as he left the court, he heard one last time from the child's mother. >> good luck, monster. time for a check of the

weather with bill karins who's outside o on the plaza. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. let's talk about this big storm we've been dealing with in colorado and nebraska and tell you where it's heading. it will be moved toward nebraska and then it ends. plain old rain for areas of the deep south. cold chilly rain through indianapolis, ohio and kentucky. super bowl sunday, that rain will be pushing off the east coast early in the day. some shower and storms in the afternoon down along the gulf. i'll tell you what, it's pretty mild around the country. instead of doing the inside party, maybe you want to instead of inside party, you might want to fire up the barbecue because temperatures are above average in many areas of the country. >> good saturday morning. i'm meteorologist chuck bell. skies are already mostly cloudy in washington. temperatures 38 degrees at national airport. closer to the freezing mark for northern montgomery county and loud down in county and northwestern maryland.

not much precipitation around just yet but plenty of raindrops coming our way this afternoon and this evening in overnight hours, could see light snow late >> all right. we've got ourselves a patriot here. what's your name? >> might you. >> where's your dad at? >> he's at my house in boston. >> he didn't come to new york with you. why? >> because he wanted to stay home for the super bowl. >> oh. he didn't want to come be with you guys here. we would have put him in the front row too. how much are the giants going to win by? >> um -- >> i just teasing. you're a patriots fan. let's give you the forecast. of course, the game is indoors, but there's a lot of festivities, a lot of parties going on. most of the activities are outdoors. your forecast for tomorrow looks pretty nice for all the tailgating. 45 and cool. all the wet weather you're watching today will be long gone. don't miss it. i don't think many will tomorrow night on nbc. back to you, amy and lester. still ahead, model lauren scruggs' recovery.

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get to open it. in some ways that could be true. but the p.r. buzz, you know, the amount of money being spent by corporations, they really do want to get in front of it. now we do have the tool of the internet and social networks and all that, and people want to feel a little bit in the know. so people are supporting that and trying to work with it as much as they can. >> it's like the hype for a movie. >> the advertisers are getting a lot out of it but maybe we're getting let down. >> we'll see if they are. some are, but some may not be. >> let's look in the past here because some of the super bowl commercials are iconic. we remember them to this day. you go back 30 years, 1979, the mean joe green commercial. we asked our viewers to vote on their favorite. this is number one. >> do you need any help? >> hmm-mm. >> what made that ad so interesting? >> even then, they weren't sure about the super bowl. you know, it's obvious it's iconic. in fact, it started airing months before during the nfl

season, but when it came time for the game, they felt like they would put it out there. one of the -- i'll call the buckets of style of super bowl commercials, this is the heart tug and a real emotional piece. you took a character like mean joe green, everyone knew him, even his name said what he was all about and gave him a real human soft moment and it obviously connected. this next commercial only aired once and it was january 22nd of 1984. let's take a look. this was the first commercial produced specifically for the super bowl audience, but it almost didn't air. this is from apple. why? >> this is from apple. you're right. it was produced specifically for the super bowl by director ridley scott. he had just come awe of doing "blade runner." he was at the top of his game. they really saw this as an

opportunity. steve jobs is behind it. but there was a new board then. john scully had just come in. there was a whole different thing that came on. then they decided to kill it. but this one airing survived because they felt that strongly it could be something for the company, making a statement that they could be different than what had existed in the computer world. >> this would be a catch phrase. if i said wassup, you know exactly what i'm talking about. >> yes. >> hello. >> wassup? >> nothing. watching the game, having a buzz. what's up with you? >> nothing. watching the game, having a buzz. >> true, true. >> wassup. >> that's what you remember. it becomes a popular catch phrase. >> these it. if it can become part of culture and go on, look, back then we didn't have the internet to pass

things around. you wanted people on monday in their office around the water cooler says wass uwassup and it go further than that. that's today's network. charles, the creator and director in the spot. that's him in there with all of his buddies, creating something there was a cultural icon. it lived on. the wassabe. remember that one? and they really were able to take it year after year and make people look forward to says what are those guys going to do this year? >> whassup. we want to get to the last one. babies. using a baby with a 30-year-old man discussing his investment portfolio, genius or just a stroke of luck that it went off so well? >> i think a lot of people tried to figure out what it was all about in the beginning, but, you know, you do talk to the cra creators of it. this baby is supposed to have

the intellect of a 30-year-old male. he's speaking to you like that and this was a classic one of 2010. you know, this one they actually got sued by lindsay lohan because they called the other baby lindsay a milkaholic. so they like to be contemporary. >> matt miller, thanks very much. great to see you. >> great to be here. next up, who's your hospitality? indianapolis is rolling out the welcome mat for the super bowl fans. we'll tell you all about it after these messages. - i'll be home soon. until then, i have my wingman helping me out. tommy? - i helped dad pick it out. - it's beautiful. - behind every open heart is a story. tell yours with my open heart collection at kay jewelers, the number one jewelry store in america. there are millions of reasons to give one, but the message is always the same: keep your heart open, and love will always find its way in. - i love you. - i love you too.

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as we showed you all morning, this year's super bowl takes place in indianapolis and the city spent millions of dollars to build hotels and spruce up the landscape there. >> and jenna wolfe is there to talk about what's called hoosier hospitality. jenna, good morning. >> reporter: hey, you guys. all week we've been learning about hoosier hospitality. some of the nicest and warmest people in america live right here in indianapolis. i'm not just saying that because i'm surrounded by people who live right here in indianapolis. they've all been working hard to make sure every single fan feel like this is exactly where they

belong. after years of preparation, the welcome mat has been rolled out. what is this hoosier hospitality i've heard so much about? >> hoosier hosspy talt is a warm hug. >> if i walked up to a random person and gave them a warm hug, they would be fine with it? you're so right. even with all that friendliness, make no mistake, the pressure is on. with 150,000 visitors spending over $400 million, this super bowl city needs to make a great first impression. starting with a big and loud entrance. i'm told the judges gave it a ten for style. >> oh, wait. we can do it right-side up? nobody told me that. but the real fashion star? the blue and white scarf. over 13,000 were hand-made by volunteers like mario who learned to knit just so he could

have a small part in this big week. >> i had to put some type of man spin on it, so i would do it when i watched football. >> reporter: 8,000 more volunteers are part of the street team. if you turn that way, i can see that it says ask me. so people are going to walk up to you and randomly ask you anything. >> where can i get a jersey? >> reporter: a jersey? >> yeah. >> reporter: no idea. >> a zip line. >> reporter: uh. >> tell me where the restrooms are. [ buzzer ] >> who made the longest yard? >> reporter: john taylor, 49 yards. i had no problem finding new friends. patriots number one? >> that's right. you know it. >> reporter: who's number one? >> giants. ♪ why can't with befriends >> reporter: is it me or do the

giants fans sometimes bother you. because. >> they're number one. >> reporter: and they're not going. >> down. >> reporter: how much beer will you sell? >> we will sell approximately 1.5 million ounces of draft beer, enough to fill a swimming pool. >> reporter: hoosier native scott hopes visitors will make his place their second home. >> i don't care that either team is not colts blue but their money is just as green. >> reporter: speaking of green and hoosier hospitality -- free beer on tony. even before the teams take the field, fans here have already answered the question, hoosier winner this week? indianapolis. none of the local businesses in town are too happy that i went around saying free beer for everyone. but that's okay. hoosier hospitality is rubbing awe on me. if i i asked you what does that

mean what does it mean in a world. >> smile. >> awesome. >> jen wine. >> pride. >> reporter: i didn't rehearse. >> kindness. >> reporter: why. >> i got an umbrella. >> reporter: what did you do with the other one? >> we gave it away. >> reporter: we rehearsed that so much. this is hoosier hospitality. seriously, guys, a huge thank you. from the entire "today" show staff, we can't thank you enough. lester and amy? just ahead, football players from the women who know them best, their wives. first this is "today" on nbc.

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good morning. it is 7:56 on saturday february 4th. i'm chris gordon, topping your news for today, park police have entered the occupy d.c. camp at mcpherson square. they're forcing protesters to remove camping gear from tents which violate park rules. so far, there have been no violent conflicts. this has been going on for two hours now. the protesters were forced to take down the tent of dreams draped around the statute of general mcpherson. it comes after they would be enforce i

enforcing strict rules in the park. they can stay in the park but cannot set up new tents or sleep there overnight. we will get a check of your

let's go to chuck bell now in storm center 4. >> thanks. we're off to a cloudy start this morning. woch or two breaks of sunshine. don't expect it to last too long. the clouds will totally win the day. temperatures generally in the 30s. 37 in washington, but a little bit colder in parts of northern virginia. cull person pepper at 30. there are raindrops and snowflakes to our west and snowflakes moving in our general direction. increasing clouds, highs mid to upper 40s, tonight, chance of rain, mix of snowflakes and

could get an inch in the morn mountains of west virginia. not much of snow in washington. sunshine back monday and tuesday, chris. >> thank you, chuck. we'll have juice welcome back west coast back to "today" welcome back to "today." we've put together a crowd in indianapolis this morning who's going to be waving to families back home any second now. there they are. they're kind of waving. we've got dueling crowds but i think the new york crowd is winning right now, guys. >> yes. >> jenna wolfe can rev them up. she's in indy getting ready for the big game. jenna? >> reporter: hi, guys. i want you to know i walked over to great signs. i thought you have cousins or weird names here, but it's not.

you guys are the super bowl xlvi people i've heard so much about. there are names and faces behind these numbers. go for it, guys. there we go. well, everybody except for the "l" at least. definitely some of the more creative people here. okay. you guys have all said your hellos. are you good with that? are you happy we got you on tv? beautiful. anyway, so among the groups of people that we've spoken to, we got a chance to catch up with a couple of the wives of some of the nfl player, two of whom are playing in tomorrow's game. there they are. did you say that's me? >> yeah. >> reporter: i thought somebody said dp-- coming up we're goingo speak with them and talk about what it's like to be part of the game and one of the most dedicated fans. >> thank you, jen ya. then we're going to switch to a

story we've been covering the last few weeks. baby ayla. >> the 21-year-old toddler has been missing for nearly seven weeks and you see the divers are searching in a nearby stream in the little girl's hometown. we're going to have the latest on that investigation. and queen elizabeth is about about to celebrate 60 years as the monarch. she weathered the cold war and faced the new millennium. plus, we're going to have a "three's company" in the making. they had a fallout during the popular sitcom. look at that. we're going to show you the emotional reconciliation. >> love that show. >> so did i. >> we're going to get another check of the news. jeff ross jeff rossen is at the news desk. >> good morning. we're beginning with the politi politics. everyone is in nevada for the

gop caucus today. ron mott is live. good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, jeff. good morning to you. voters in nevada will head out to caucus sites with two key issues in mind, jobs and housing, both of which are in crisis. although unemployment dropped to 8.3% on friday, mitt romney criticized the white house saying the president's policies have actually extended the job recovery longer than it had to. he says the president deserved the blame he'll get in this campaign. meantime newt gingrich called the growth anemic and he believes the economy will turn around the day president obama is voted out of office. rick santorum is looking down the field. he campaigned friday in missouri. and ron paul is hoping to turn his strong base of support in nevada into a strong finish by day's end. jeff? >> thanks. we'll stick with more on that january jobs report. the labor department said there was a surge in job creation in december. 243,000 new workers were put on the payrolls, and there was a dip, as ron mentioned, in ton employment rate down to 8.3%.

winter storm warnings are up now in the plains after a fierce storm pounded colorado. the weather channel's mike seidel who always seems to find himself in the middle of it is in denver once again. mike, this one sets records, right? >> reporter: it does. in fact, we just got breaking weather news in the past hour. denver had another inch of snow after moment. it snowed 33 hours in a row. the storm total, 15 inches making it the biggest storm in february on record. typically i they get them in march. look at all the snow i'm pushing off the bushes. 14 inches of snow. 14, 15 inches of snow in denver. meanwhile i take you back to yesterday. look how it came down. we had blowing snow, powdery snow, as much as 2 to 3 inches an hour. up in the foothills we had 4 to 4 and a half feet of snow. they shut down schools. businesses closed early and the government closed early.

i-70 is closed as well. back to you. >> mike seidel. thanks so much. police in anchorage, alaska, say an 18-year-old woman was abducted by an armed man while closing up a coffee stand where she works. friends and family are posting flyers hoping to find samantha konig. finally it's almost valentine's day. flowers are getting packed up for a trip to the u.s. for valentine's day. this is interesting. that day alone making up 12% of their annual income. so it's not just for the ladies. it's for your the flower farmers. valentine's day, by the way, in case many of you forgot, which many of us do, february 14th. it's 5 minutes past the hour. i want to head outside to the man who never forgets, lester holt. >> i made a mental note of it. bill karins with more on the weather. >> a confusing sign.

texas loves the new york jientds. that's not going to go over so well with the cowboy fans. you're here to explain? >> we're here to support them. go giants. >> you're another from new york? >> i'm from texas. >> we'll both get therapy. let's talk about the forecast and what's going on this weekend. we talked about the snow. you saw the pictures in colorado. kind of a cold chilly rain in indianapolis. itz ee only going to last another couple of hours. it's going to dramatically improve. snowflakes for ohio. as far as the forecast, temperatures about 40 degrees. the rain will end before midnight. that's good. tomorrow will be no problems whatsoever. so today's forecast, the worst travel out there, definitely down along the gulf coast. houston all the way to f coast. houston and louisiana where we could be dealing with heavy rain and maybe flash flooding. that's a look at the national forecast. a look outside your window. >> good morning. i'm chuck bell. you can see a little bit of early saturday morning sunshine.

it won't last for long. clouds are on the way in and it will continue to thicken as we go through the rest of the day. temperatures generally in this 30s. 37 in washington, 32 in fairfax. not much going on in radar just around the radar yet. don't >> that's a look at your weekend forecast. amy? >> thank you, bill. now to the search for a missing toddler in maine. police have been looking for ayla reynolds for more than six weeks, and once again investigators are searching on land as well as in water. nbc's michelle franzen has details. >> reporter: boats broke up the icy waters of a stream and river in waterville, maine, and divers searched for clues in the case of missing toddler ayla reynolds. investigators returned to two areas they had searched once before on january 11th. divers retrieved some items on friday, but nothing, police say, to lead them closer to finding the 21-month-old. >> all of these items are

unrelated to why we're standing here today. >> reporter: ayla, now missing for more than six weeks was last seen at the home of her father, justin de-petro, who along with his sister and girl rend reportedly told police she was abducted. but police believe the three are not telling them everything. last week police confirmed some of the blood found in his home matched ayla's, but investigators are not giving up their search. >> it's been 48 days. our concern grows every day, but we remain hopeful we're going to find her. >> he's not commenting on the case but in the past has denied any involvement in ayla's disappearance. >> i love my daughter. i would never do anything to harm my daughter. >> reporter: the attorneys released a statement saying both fee buy and ee lee shah have told the truth and have told police all they know. they stand by previous statements and remain hopeful that ayla is safely returned. meanwhile ayla's mom trista reynolds is trying to remain

calm, keeping her focus, she says, on her 9-month-old son raymond and holding on to home that ayla will come home. >> i can't wait to see her running to me and arms wide open and be like mommy, mommy, and hearing everything that she's got to say. i picture a lot to keep me going. >> reporter: for "today," michelle franzen, nbc news. >> here to discuss the case further is criminologist casey jordan. casey, good morning. >> good morning, amy. >> we just reported divers went back to search two bodies of water near the home of justin de-petro on friday. considering the icy conditions and the fact that they already searched the water before, can we assume they were going on a tip? >> we hope so. policy they're following up on a tip. this is the second time they have put divers in the icy water. remember the family hope where ayla went missing is near this river, and the idea that they're looking there suggests that it's a logical place that, god forbid

if ayla is gone, that somebody might actually dispose of her body. but we don't see them looking in landfills or dumpsters or anything like that. so let's hope they know something that is really making them put the divers in the water, but so far they haven't found anything. >> i was going to ask. this is day 49. they've canvassed a lot of areas. where else could they possibly look? >> i think the reason they're having press conferences and really trying to keep this in the news is they need the public to give them hints. i think they are at a dead end. we're coming up on day 50 that this child has been missing. as we know, when children go missing, these mysterious disappearances, you have a small opportunity to get to the truth, and thing that happened in the first 48 hours of the first week. the time has passed. they have nothing but dead ends and they want to keep the story in the news just in case someone knows anything out there. >> they have the father who says she was abducted but then they found ayla's blood in the home. what do they know for sure at this point? >> at this point we know ayla

went missing december 16. justin, his father, his sister, and his gerl friend were in the home, and they each had children who were there as well but they insist allay with in her bedroom alone. they have no idea what happened to her which is why they're sticking to the story that she must have been abducted. but the blood they found was described by police as being more than would be from a small cut on a child, and they are being very close-mouthed about it. i want to know was it found on the carpet, the bed, the wall? i want to know how much and where was it? so far that's the biggest clue she has met with foul play. >> have there been conflictings reports who was in the home that evening? >> we've always been told it was three adults and some children. i'm not clear on the ages of the children. i think they're infants and t d toddlers about allay's age. if they're older, 5, 6, 7, people can envision where she

may have died accidently. maybe other children were playing with her. maybe she fell out of her crib and they were trying to cover up the crime. so far those three people are sticking together they have no clear. if there were other people in the house, they're not saying so. >> all right. casey jordan, thanks so much, we appreciate it. >> always great to be here. coming up on "today," a unique perspective from the wives of professional football players and why some may not watch the big game. and janet and chrissy from "three's company" bury the hatchet after nearly 30 years. after these messages. aaron, i was able to save you hundreds.

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he's not getting up. >> oh, my god, oh, my god. >> stay calm. >> know, you've got to tell me something. i cannot stay calm. i'm freaking here. >> that scene in "jerry maguire," cuba gooding jr. getting hit and his wife pleading for him to get up. >> it's what wives go through every week. jenna from indianapolis with more on this. hey, jenna. >> reporter: hay, guyey, guys. their spouses will be basically living and dying with every play. this week i had a chance to sit down with some nfl wives to find out exactly what it's like for that jerry maguire scene for them to be basically one hit away from reality.

>> they faked a hand-off. end zone and incomplete. >> reporter: how many days before the actual game do the nerves start setting in for you guys? >> i get nervous every time i see a commercial, a replay. >> excellent reception. >> reporter: it's a familiar feeling for these women. they're wives of 2008 super bowl champs jeff saturday and jeff bracket. jared las ter and kim jacobs and amanda tynes are intobound with their giants brandon jacobs and lawrence tynes. hard to forget lawrence's big play that send them to indy. >> the kick is good. >> it's called a snap and it was a bad snap. and within seconds, you know, everyone was jumping on me. it happened so quick. it was very nerve-racking. i was proud. >> reporter: a feeling most of these football wives can relate

to. a quick show of hands. who's so nervous that they can't even watch when their husband's play? who prays -- show of hands, who will pray before a game? for these wives, watching their husbands' tough hits are hard enough. >> you try not to live in fear, but you have that concern, because, you know, for the rest of their lives you have to wonder are they walk off the field. >> you see one of your friend's husbands get hurt. we love each other, so we care when one of them goes down. you kind of feel yourself watching not only for your husband before for everyone's. it's scary. >> reporter: which is why the wives truly cherish the down time with their husbands when a lot of these guys become regular dads with regular real world responsibilities. >> like what are we doing on our one day off, how much can we squeeze in while you're home. >> yeah. i know it's your day off, but this is what needs -- mama needs to get things done at home.

i know this is your job, but our house needs to run. >> reporter: as it turns out, these guys can have a sensitive side too. >> reporter: have you seen your husbands cry? >> in pain. >> he cried more at our wedding than i did. >> reporter: while we're dispelling stereotypes, here's not to put to rest. >> outsiders view the professional sport as so glamorous. >> like we're sitting around eating bon bones every day. >> come on and hang out at my house. we're not eating bon bones. >> we've got caring women who get out and serve our community. we love other people. we serve. >> we're vague our annual super bowl show. all the lovely laetds are going to be modeling stuff promoting peyton manning's. >> >> reporter: one of the things you've developed is a sisterhood. >> we need each other.

>> reporter: fashion yesterday but it's a big show tomorrow night and a chance for these two giants to get another super bowl ring. how many of you have been to a super bowl game before? tell me this, how has your life changed? >> i think once you win one, the pressure is added you've got to step up and add another. >> reporter: something the giants are trying to do tomorrow. here's the deal. i've been asked. hold on, i'm finished up this tweet. so here's the deal. i was asked to bring back gifts like i always am. i'm like what could i bring back that would be perfect. i thought, you know what would be great for lester, the finger. no, just this finger, so i brought you back this so when you're pointing and doing this whole jenna, do this, do that, it's something more definitive. the other thing that i brought back for amy, i wish i had the jewelry sense, amy, these classy

jewels are for you. they're so classy and they look beautiful. so don't say i didn't spend some big bucks on you guys here at the super bowl. and here's what you can do with this lester, when you go to random people on the street. >> that is so sweet. now i can tell people that jenna gave me the finger. >> reporter: hold on, giev tot tweet that. hold on. i'm going to tweet that. hold on. >> jenna, we're waiting for those gifts. can't wait for you to come home. >> reporter: i'm sure. >> enjoy the game. still ahead, behind the scenes of the super bowl, time, talent, and technology to take the game from the field to your tv. but first this is "today" on nbc.

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park. protesters are allowed to stay in the park but cannot set up new tents or stay there overnight. there are street closures, i and k-streets are closed and 15th street from i to l and h to vermont is also shut down as is vermont between k and l streets. the mcpherson metro station is also closed right now. a check on your weekend weather with chuck bell when we

welcome back, it's 8:28. we will check in with meteorologist chuck bell. is it true we won't see a lot of sunshine? sn>> we will have plenty of clo cover to start the weekend and a couple slivers of sunshine first thing this morning. it won't last too long. temperatures in the 30s. 37 in washington, 39 annapolis, 33 in winchester and 34 in martinsburg, virginia. little raindrops in pennsylvania and it will be in the later stretch in the overnight hours and maybe a little bit of snow. clouds thicken and rain develops

late in the day. what little rain or snow we get overnight will be coming to an end in the morning. should be dry for your super bowl sunday we are back on this saturday morning, february 4th, 2012. you're looking at crowds in two locations on our split edition this morning. there is another location. here in new york city folks are waving to family and friends. and there in indianapolis where 70,000 football fans are expected to watch the super bowl inside lucas oil stadium tomorrow. more than 111 million others are expected to watch the big game at home. outside on the plaza back here in new york i'm amy robach along with lester holt. jenna joins us live from indianapolis as well. and coming up in this half hour, two's company. >> you remember the show "three's company."

suzanne sommer and joyce dewitt were on the show. they haven't spoken until this week. coming up, we'll take a look at that reunion and tell you why it took so long for it though happen. all right. queen elizabeth. next week marks the queen's 60th year on the throne. coming up we'll take a look at the queen then and the future of the royal family now with kate middleton in buckingham palace. >> i want to go back to jenna in indianapolis. all morning long you've been setting the stage for us. tell us about the energy there? >> reporter: oh, there's tons of energy like now. and not. i swear that was not rehearsed. there was tons of energy here in indianapolis. we're not the only ones gearing up. fans are not the only ones gearing up. the actual broadcast team, bc who's putting this on is gearing up as well. did you know in order for them to know where every camera is and to get the sipping shot of every player they bring the high

schoolers in to pretend they're the giants or patriots and have them run plays so the cameras can follow and try to mimic the spontaneity of the actual gape. so coming up in the next half hour, we're going to go behind the scenes with the wonderful guys of the production crew who actually put this event together. it's fascinating stuff. >> what a cool thing for the high school players to at least have their moment before the super bowl. all right, jenna. we'll look forward to that. >> reporter: thank you. let's go to bill karins with the weather. >> i hope jenna didn't pull some of the wires out in the truck. let's talk about what the forecast is this weekend, what we're dealing with across the country. we had the snowstorm in colorado. pushing through omaha, lincoln, including des moines. rain for the southeast. eventually the rain will reach the east coast later this afternoon. keep that in mind if you have plans around carolina or virginia. super bowl, sunday, down there in the southeast, a little rain in the morning. tell you what. it looks pretty mild with the

exception of it being just cold. everywhere el it just snowed, ee else, what a beautiful forecast for you. now, here's a look outside your window. >> good morning. i'm chuck bell and outside our window, we have cloudy skies in place, one or two slivers of sunshine but that's about it. clouds willower and thicken in the afternoon. temperatures in the mid-30s will rise to the mid-40s for a brief time this afternoon. a few raindrops in northern maryland, might be able to >> all right. here's a completely scientific poll. who things the giants are going to win the super bowl? the patriots? wow. you'd thing we were up in boston or something. sunday night football, the forecast, it's an diner game so the weather is not going to be too much of a factor. we have rain there today for all the festivities. later today we have the parties.

high temperatures right around 45. we should see around 6:30 at kick-off right around 40. for the tailgating it will be much improved tomorrow than what it is today. back to you, amy. >> thanks, bill. now to an update on lauren scruggs. she's the 23-year-old model who suffered tragic injuries following a plane propeller accident back in december. but as nbc's lily luciano reports, scruggs is making tremendous progress. >> reporter: when we last saw lauren scruggs, the 23-year-old was spotting leaving her rehab center on a walk with her family. the texas model appeared upbeat and walked without assistance, but the effects of her devastating airplane propeller accident were also visible. the jacket covered her left arm and the hand that was severed in the strategy and where she lost her left eye, a patch that may now be removed thanks to a prosthetic eye. according to her mom's website, last week was better, bittersweet. according to her mom it took

eight hours to fit, measure, and paint lauren's new eye, but she writes, by 5:00 p.m. it was done and her new eye was in place. it was beautiful. >> when you lose an eye, you feel like you're not 100%. >> reporter: randy has a prosthetic eye himself. >> each one has a unique color. >> reporter: he lost an eye when he was 17 years old. he's not lauren's doctor but he knows the importance of having an eye prosthetic in. >> it's so wonderful. people will look at them and say, you know, i'm whole. >> i >> reporter: it's been two months since the fashion model and blogger's accident. it happened when lauren stepped off a small plane and accidentally walked into the moving propeller. sin the devastating injuries, her mother cheryl has been updating her recovery on a blog that's gotten more than a million views. she mentioned lauren's eye is just the beginning. we met again with the arm people this week. again, another step.

bittersweet. another step in a long and amazing road to recovery. for "today," lilliay luciano. her mom says she is progressing every day. and now here's lester. all right, amy. thanks. in the 1970s they played friends and roommates on tv's "three's company," but in real life suzanne somers and joyce dewitt had not spoken. nbc shows their emotional reconciliation. >> reporter: they were once co-stars on america's hottest show, best friends and roommates on camera. >> i'm a little nervous, but let's do it. joyce, come on out. >> reporter: that was 30 years ago. since then "three's company's kwrts stars suzanne somers and joyce dewitt haven't spoken to each other until now. sharing the stage for the first time in more than three decades.

>> i have to tell you right now, aim -i am very overwhelmed. >> reporter: the women reflected on what drove them apart. >> we had very different approach es to our careers, we had very different needs. >> reporter: at the height of "three's company's" popularity, the offscreen drama overshadowed the on screen popularity. >> i'm cindy. >> cindy? >> yeah. chrissy's cousin. hi. >> reporter: somers was written off the show after a contract dispute with the producers. that was also the last time somers and dewitt spoke. >> there was a lot of blad blood at the time suzanne somers left the show, and the report at the time that joyce wouldn't even do scenes with suzanne. >> reporter: but that's in the past now. >> why did you say yes? why did you come? >> it's time. >> reporter: the two buried the hatchet and reminisced about

their co-star, john ritter. >> he, i think, is the greatest co comic of our era. >> come to my door again. >> reporter: for today, aditi roy, nbc, los angeles. up next, celebrating queen elizabeth's 60 years as reigning monarch. a look at the queen then and now. but first these messages. cash rewards card

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60 years ago this weekend, then princess elizabeth went to sleep while on safari in kenya. the next day she woke up a queen. she was only 25 years old then and has spent the next six decades reigning as britain's monarch. we're joining at buckingham palace. with more on that, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, amy. the official celebration, the queen's diamond jubilee takes place a little later this year when hopefully it will be a little bit warmer. but this is the date that marks the sixth decade since she began. a chance to reflect and to look forward. with the future secured through her grandson's marriage, this

year the queen looks to the past. it is said she very much likes kate middleton, perhaps because she was once like her, a glamorous young woman, marrying in her 20s. six decades later in a rare documentary, admiration from her grandchildren. >> she's professional, her and to know how to move around, who to speak to and also engage with people, you know, within a few split seconds of meeting them. >> she carries herself forward, constantly able to go into a room and bring the room to life. >> reporter: that smile has hidden great heartache. 60 years ago her father's sudden death led to her coronation. >> my whole life, whether it's been long or short, shall be devoted to your service. >> reporter: a lifelong dedication to public duty. in private it hasn't always been easy. >> in 1992 where not only her daughter princess aunne was divorced but also her heir

prince charles and princess diana were separated too. worse was to come with the death of diana, an event that rocked. it was depicted in helen mirren's oscar-winning performance. >> it's my belief they will at any moment reject this -- this mood which is being stirred up be i the press. >> reporter: there is so much to look back on in the 06 years. the exhibition of 60 photographs to mark her diamond jubilee. she has witnessed 12 presidents and many historic moments but perhaps none will have given her as much pleasure as one recent event. >> she couldn't be more delighted with her grand son's choice of wife. >> reporter: in william and kate she sees her family's destiny and the new dynasty, worely of her long reign. amy, as i say, william is away at the moment.

he will be back in six weeks' time. at the moment he's serving with the royal air force, so he won't be here for these celebrations, but he will be for the official diamond jubilee celebrations. kate is said to have been dreading his absence, but it will give her a chance to carry out some official duties, something that she's inevitably going to have done at some point. of course, her family will be around her, including her sister, pippa. but her sister may be a little bit distracted because we hear news she has a new boyfriend,arily george perfy,ary to one of the grandest and richest dukes in the country. he also stands to inherit a castle. the castle where "harry potter" was filmed and apparently he has $500,000 a year. pippa is looking like she might follow in kate's footsteps and

mair an aristocrat. >> wow, two potential princesses in one family. thanks so much. >> reporter: indeed. coming up next, behind the scenes at the super bowl from the staff to the equipment, what it takes to get the big game on the air. but first this is "today" on nbc.

as we've mentioned a few times this morning, we're just a day away from super bowl xlvi. >> that's tomorrowsome. >> i think so. >> let's kick back with snacks and watch the game. but for hundreds of people it's a day of hard work, and jenna joins us from indianapolis again where nbc sport ss is gearing u to handle the game. jena? >> reporter: while the patriots and giants make last-minute prep for tomorrow night, there's another team here in indy who's just as important. it is the broadcast team of nc sports. they're going to be at the world's biggest game.

get this. 111 million people will be sitting in front of tvs across america. you'd thing there would be a lot of pressure for these guys, but for them, it's just another day at the office. ♪ >> reporter: for most people, this isn't exactly the typical workplace. 14 truck trailers, 60 miles of cable. i just need to plub in my iphone charger. all crammed into lucas oil stadium. for the broadcasters and the 475 people on the nbc sports network team. bob costa's prompter. this is bob costa's prompter. that right there. for people who don't get it. you don't fly in saturday night, sit there in a chair on sunday morning and go, action. >> no. if there's a sunday morning play, we just come out sunday morning. no, we're here well in advance. you know, there's a huge setup

and there's a lot at stake. >> reporter: they each have three super bowl broadcasts under their belt. they've been planning tomorrow night since august and come kick-off they'll have all of their xs and os covered. >> we have a high school team coming in on friday and they're going to rehearse as the giants and patriots and we'll put them in the forms that they would run so our camera people would get familiar with them. >> reporter: the voice behind the game is al michaels, calling his eighth super bowl game from the booth. does this game get you more excited than all the other big events probably do? >> probably so. but you don't want to go into the game feeling that way. you want to do what got you there. broadcasters are very much like players. all of a sudden, what is tom brady supposed to do? go out and throw a left-handed? no. he's going do all the things that got him this far in his career. >> reporter: this is where al

michaels sitting during the game. he's got all these toys. stats, field, weekend "today." there's nothing else he could possibly need. while al makes the calls above the field, it's the folks below in the trucks running the show. >> this is the nerve center of what's going to go on during the game. the director will have a little over 40 cameras. >> reporter: 40 cameras 12345040 ca a >> 40 cameras weather whether they're in the truck or on the field, the super stask of bringing the super bowl isn't lost on any crew. >> i try to walk out on the field close to game time, take a look, soak it in, and i really do pinch myself because it's like an enormous privilege. >> reporter: as for last-minute super bowl predictions like true broadcast professionals, the popular pick around here isn't for the patriots or the giants but for some good tv. >> we going to overtime.

>> reporter: do you already know that? >> yes. >> when people say who are you rooting for, i say who am i rooting for? triple overtime is what i want to see. >> reporter: a lot of guys are rooting for drama. they mentioned in the piece 40 cameras. 40 cameras around the field, 17 free game cameras. for drew to say this one, take that one, take that one, that is really hard to do for the entire game. and 60 miles of cable. there's a lot to go into this. we were blessed here with some official nfl footballs they thing you guys the studio have as well that have our names engraved in it. they wrote them so small but it's definitely our own. so you guys get to keep that little bit of a keepsake. >> that is very cool. >> reporter: it worked out well that each of you got your own signatures. >> no one can read my signature. >> yeah, go out long. >> reporter: keep going, right? >> keep going. you're looking good.

we'll just throw it to you here in a few minutes. jenna, thanks very much. great job. >> reporter: bye, guys. up next, today's ""sports illustrated."" first these messages. #

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a showdown with occupy protesters. police set up a perimeter around mcpherson square as the tent of dreams comes down. protesters killed in clashes with syrian forces. the impact it is having there and in washington. we're in the final stretch. super bowl xlvi is just a day away. we'll go live to indianapolis to see how that city is preparing. i'm storm 4, meteorologist chuck bell, clouds are sneaking in, raindrops and maybe even snowflakes before the weekend is through. your complete forecast. >> all that and more when you join us on news for today in less than two minutes.

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